diff --git a/bom/build.gradle b/bom/build.gradle
index be2722d4bc0..1499f9269bb 100644
--- a/bom/build.gradle
+++ b/bom/build.gradle
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ publishing {
           dependencyNode.appendNode('artifactId', subproject.name)
           dependencyNode.appendNode('version', subproject.version)
         }
-        // add protoc gen (produced by grpc-compiler with different artifact name)
-        def dependencyNode = dependencies.appendNode('dependency')
-        dependencyNode.appendNode('groupId', project.group)
-        dependencyNode.appendNode('artifactId', 'protoc-gen-grpc-java')
-        dependencyNode.appendNode('version', project.version)
-        dependencyNode.appendNode('type', 'pom')
       }
     }
   }